Peebs

- He is very prone to dramatics and crying, he takes things to heart. On the flip side, he’s very joyful and celebrates mundane things often.

- He’s quick to take the blame and always does his best to apologize and confess, e.g. “losing” the rubber boots and running to krabs crying

- He has very simple routines and he finds a lot of joy and comfort in them.

- He thinks the world of people (e.g. squidward, krabs) and always gives people the benefit of the doubt (albeit maybe to his detriment)

- old soul, he’s very weird and artsy and sticks out in the small town of bikini bottom but he’s nevertheless passionate about his esoteric interests

- flamboyant, I love that he wears a little flower nighty to bed. I could fully see him dressing in one of those ruffled nightgowns

- diva tendencies, the moment he gets a tiny bit of attention and praise he lets it get to his head. Just the sheer dramatics of it all

MY CAR GOT TOTALED!!

The plot was nothing to write home about, it just feels like an extra long SpongeBob episode and doesn’t really offer much in terms of character development. Even so, it was a GOOD episode of SpongeBob, I was entertained the whole time.

Of course it also gave me such intense cuteness aggression every time SpongeBob came on screen so I might be a little biased — I love you little Bob… The animators did such a good job being playful with the expressions and really pushing the animation in terms of cartooniness.

Also love how mean gay they made Squidward in this one, love Barb as the antagonist sidekick, and the art direction in this movie is genuinely gorgeous. Some of the shots (especially in the krabs swashbuckling flashback) were absolutely beautiful in composition and color. The creature designs were also super creative, love the little nods to the Greek underworld.

I had a very good time, love that little bubble blowing 30+ year old baby boy.

My only gripe is them undoing the character growth SpongeBob has done in terms of feeling “adult” enough in service of the plot. He already had an entire movie dedicated to feeling adult enough, but this movie was silly enough that I gave it a pass. I guess you could consider it as retreading the same ground from a different angle, as it gave some insight into Mr. Krabs and his past, as well as his relationship with SpongeBob as a fatherly figure.

I’m glad that the lesson remained the same though. Part of what makes me like SpongeBob so much is that he’s unapologetically silly and childish and loving and emotional and sweet. I’m happy that they made it very clear that it was good that he was that way, and that people loved him for being himself.